Chapter 1

May the host set out anew in this new time.

Newcomer reward: an RV.

Newcomer reward: some starting funds for travel.

Hearing the voice in his mind, Ning Chen remained expressionless.

In the room, silent, he sat by the bed, gazing only at the moon outside the window.

Five in the morning.

Ning Chen left home and came to the open-air parking lot outside the residential compound.

The morning sun had not yet risen, amidst the dawn mist.

From far away, he saw a silver-gray large RV.

It stood there, as if it had been waiting for its owner for a very, very long time.

2. During the journey, those melodies can ease boredom, that is all.

This is a Faulkner Mobil RV.

Ning Chen boarded the vehicle.

The master bedroom suite features a luxury en-suite bathroom.

It is equipped with a walk-in shower.

A kitchen is provided, fitted with appliances, including a dishwasher, a Japanese-style stove, and an espresso machine.

Even a professional wine cabinet, though Ning Chen does not drink.

But these are secondary.

This model is clearly modified.

The most obvious feature is beneath the body: it actually has a built-in hydraulic garage compartment.

That is to say, if one wishes, one can take one's own private car along on the road.

Additionally, regarding energy, the 800 liters of fuel serve only as backup.

Its main power relies on the giant solar panels atop the roof.

This means that as long as there is light, energy can be supplied.

Please, host, collect your travel starting funds.

Ning Chen collected them, and immediately his phone displayed a bank deposit of ten thousand yuan.

Adding his previous balance, his current savings amount to about sixty-six thousand yuan.

Enough; it matters little anyway.

As for the inheritance left to him in his girlfriend's will, Ning Chen will not touch it.

He spent two days purchasing travel necessities and packing various luggage.

On the bedroom wall hung a guitar bought several years ago.

It was already covered in dust.

He had bought it specifically two years prior, in preparation for the four-year term after his transmigration to end.

After all, at that time, he was already fully prepared.

Once the four-year term ended,

he would use this guitar to perform and sing the works that had once been hugely popular in his past life.

Then, in this world, he would start online and gradually become famous.

Back then, he had already planned to use these works to earn great wealth, buy a seaside villa, and travel the world...

But.

Now, he has not touched this guitar for a full two years.

Gazing at the guitar,

Ning Chen's face remained expressionless.

After a few seconds, he stepped forward and took the guitar down.

During the journey,

those melodies

can ease boredom.

That is all.

After the luggage was packed, he loaded it into the vehicle.

At nine o'clock at night, two days later.

Ning Chen started the large RV.

Just a few minutes after setting off, the system's voice sounded:

Route plan generated.

Two images appeared in his mind.

On the left was an electronic map.

On the right was a list:

Unlocked check-in wonder target: Perseid meteor shower.

"Then, let us go see the meteor shower,"

he murmured to himself.

When one is lonely for too long, one tends to talk to oneself.

Perhaps this is a precursor to loneliness-induced psychosis.

But what Ning Chen did not know was.

Although he did not want to start a live stream.

the system's miraculous power had already secretly activated the broadcast for him...

Five minutes ago.

On Shark Live, one of the mainstream live-streaming sites in the Eastern Kingdom.

a broadcast room named "Shiguang" appeared.

It was a new account belonging to a man setting off in an RV for a trip.

The broadcast screen was divided into three sections.

The center section showed the man's first-person perspective.

The right side displayed a god's-eye view focused on the man.

The left side showed the scenery outside the car window.

A few minutes after going live, the viewer count in the broadcast room was fewer than one hundred.

The bullet comments were sparse.

[A travel stream? A new streamer? Three camera angles, and a huge RV—how luxurious!]

[Why isn't the streamer speaking?]

[I've been here for ages and haven't heard him say a word.]

[So damn aloof.]

[An RV like that must cost at least several million. It's a rich person's toy; being aloof is only natural.]

[Being rich is great, but being rich and good-looking is even better. Hehe, I'm following now~]

The bullet comments went back and forth like this.

Until a voice came from the broadcast screen:

"Then, let's go see the meteor shower."

This was the streamer's voice.

Hearing the streamer's voice, the broadcast room finally became slightly livelier.

[A meteor shower??]

[Is there a forecast?]

[I haven't heard of it. Is there really a meteor shower forecast recently?]

[I haven't heard of it either. The streamer might be mistaken.]

[A meteor shower is such a precious moment; how can you just watch it whenever you want? Is the streamer dreaming?]

【How much is this car, streamer?】

【Wait, I'll check the official website of the National Astronomical Observatory...】

The number of online viewers was already low.

The amount of bullet comments was pitifully small, chatting about this and that.

But no one believed there would be a meteor shower; they only thought it was the streamer's gimmick.

After a while.

The one who said earlier they would check the National Astronomical Observatory's official website.

Returned.

【It's confirmed. On the National Astronomical Observatory's official website, there is absolutely no forecast for a meteor shower!】

【I told you so. We've never heard of it. How can there just be a meteor shower just because someone says so?】

【Nowadays, don't just say new streamers; even veteran streamers like to pull this kind of stunt.】

【Creating fake gimmicks to attract traffic.】

【Haha, understandable. After all, live streaming competition is too fierce now, especially for a new streamer like this.】

【I'm lying in bed right now. It's raining in my city. I live alone, and I find myself quietly watching a streamer drive an RV?】

【The streamer isn't talking to us, so let's chat among ourselves.】

【Oh right, did you watch "Back to Field 6"? It feels pretty good~】

【Yeah, I'm watching it! I've already followed five episodes, I love it.】

【I wonder which new guests will be in this episode.】

【As long as Sister Zifeng is there, I don't care about the others, haha...】

Just like that, in the live broadcast room.

With intermittent bullet comments, seven or eight active viewers chatted back and forth, gradually getting to know each other.

But they weren't talking about this streamer.

Even less about the meteor shower the streamer just mentioned, because no one believed there would be one.

If the National Astronomical Observatory hasn't said it, does a streamer get to decide?

Of course, it's just nonsense and a gimmick.

What was being discussed in the bullet comments was all other things.

Work, entertainment, life, relationships, and so on.

The others were the silent majority—just another eighty or ninety silent viewers.

Not sure if they were watching or doing something else.

And Ning Chen.

Naturally knew nothing about all this.

He didn't know he was being live-streamed at this very moment.

Still quietly driving alone, speeding down the road.

3. First broadcast, directly breaking the domestic live streaming duration record?!

Ning Chen, driving the RV at night.

Occasionally glancing at the navigation route in his mind.

Soon, he would be on the national highway.

Judging by the direction, he was heading towards the eastern part of Donghai City.

The east is the direction of the sea.

But there is still a long way to go before reaching the sea.

He must cross the Yangtze River running across the land, and the Dongba Mountain Range.

The system's route planning was clearly heading in this direction.

No forecast for a meteor shower has been heard.

But regardless, Ning Chen had to do this.

Until the destination, until he saw the Perseid meteor shower.

Clock in.

Before getting on the national highway, Ning Chen stopped the car to rest briefly.

Inside the cabin, he was silent as a cat.

From his bag, he took out a rectangular hardcover book.

The style of the hardcover book's cover was obviously the pink, cute style girls like.

Ning Chen looked at this empty booklet, untouched and unadorned, and remained silent.

In the live broadcast screen.

This booklet in his hand aroused some curiosity among the viewers.

【Yo? This rich second-generation handsome streamer actually likes this style of booklet?】

【It's quite cute, haha.】

【A guy liking this style is so strange.】

【He's handsome, can't he have a gentle heart?】

【Haha.】

In the live broadcast screen.

Ning Chen's hand slowly slid over the booklet's cover.

Suddenly, a voice came from the live stream:

"I, swear."

The streamer's inexplicable utterance

startled the viewers.

[Oh my! What was that sound?]

[It's the streamer! This guy suddenly spoke!]

[Seems like he said, "I swear"? What does that mean?]

[What "I swear"?]

[Feels strange...]

[The voice is nice, but what a weird thing to say]

[Streamer! It's late at night, can't you act normal?]

[This streamer, could he have some psychological issue?]

[Damn, now that you mention it, I'm suddenly excited; I was about to unfollow...]

The motorhome continued on its way.

Approaching eleven at night.

The number of viewers in the live stream, previously under a hundred, rose to two hundred and thirty-six.

Most people were already in bed by now.

Scrolling through phones and watching streams before sleep had become a habit for modern people.

The bullet comments increased slightly.

They were mostly about how the streamer wasn't speaking.

The rest talked about the motorhome or the night view outside the window.

The live stream screen split into three sections.

One section was dedicated solely to the scenery outside the car window.

Perhaps sensing more viewers watching that feed,

that window grew larger.

Streetlights on both sides flashed past in rapid succession.

In the sky, a quiet night, a bright moon.

Occasionally, vehicles whistled by.

In the distance, an endless, silent, long road.